Question 1

What was the goal of the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Was responsible for moving fugitive slaves by using several secret networks of individuals

Answer

The underground railroad create jobs for the south

Answer

To move goods from West to East

Question 2

Why was slavery important to the south?

Accepted Answer

The farmland provided southerners rich soil to grow and sell crops but the land was so large farmers needed more hands to work on the land

Answer

Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals

Answer

Factories began to spread and there was greater need for free labor

Question 3

What was Uncle Tom's Cabin and why was it important?

Accepted Answer

A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruel realities of slavery

Answer

A book written by Frederick Douglass about his life as a slave

Answer

Where the Civil War started

Question 4

What are some important facts about Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

16th President who wanted to abolish slavery and was a Republican

Answer

16th President who abolished slavery and was a Democrat

Answer

16th President who believed in slavery and was a Democrat

Question 5

Which states were a part of The Union?

Accepted Answer

New York, Massachusetts, and California

Answer

New Hampshire, North Carolina and Tennessee

Answer

Georgia, Alabama and Florida

Question 6

Most southern whites owned slaves

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 7

Which of the following individuals are Abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer

Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson

Answer

Abraham Lincoln, George McClellan, Ulysses S. Grant

Question 8

Why did Abolitionists want to end slavery?

Accepted Answer

Abolitionists believed it was morally wrong for slavery to exists

Answer

They hoped ending slavery would harm the south

Answer

The North did not need to rely on slave labor

Question 9

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Answer

Immigration

Answer

Invasion

Answer

Taxes

Question 10

On the map what section shows the Southern Region of the United States?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 11

What was the main goal of the Abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

To abolish slavery

Answer

To spread religion

Answer

To find new lands

Question 12

Most southerners did what for a living?

Accepted Answer

They were farmers who sold crops

Answer

Mechanics who worked on machinery

Answer

Miners who worked in caves

Question 13

Farmers used slaves to largely farm and sell which crop in the south?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Answer

Tobacco

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Rice

Answer

Sugar

Question 14

What was the Cotton Gin and why was it important?

Accepted Answer

A device that separates the seeds from cotton which made farming cotton cheaper and faster

Answer

A town in the south known for it's large plantations

Answer

A device that farmers used to plant cotton

Question 15

How were slaves treated in the south?

Accepted Answer

Slaves were treated as property

Answer

Slaves received payment for their work

Answer

Slaves were taught to read and write

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